I took this photo of Tony and Ned walking one of the 4 marvelous public walking trails within a few minutes of the house. This is the one where Beth walks Petey and Abbey. We wondered if Ned… Read More

There is a small flock of ducks visiting our little pond each day. I've never seen this kind before which may be American Black Ducks?. Their numbers have grown from 5 to the 17 I managed to… Read More

 Cooler temperatures, 5C on my walk this morning but warming to 15 the weather forecast has promised, and just like that I'm thinking of heartier fare. But first I need to catch up on t… Read More

 I guess the humidity and high temperatures are good for flowers. I've never had such huge blooms on the Hydrangeas...totally smothering flowers I've planted around them. I must make a… Read More

 Hello all, I've been very busy with family stuff and not having many spare moments to visit you, my blogging friends. And I'm beat in the evenings but everything is going along well ov… Read More

 Are you a jump out of bed, feet on the floor the minute your eyes open in the morning, person?  I'm not and never have been though I don't linger long. I wait a bit and these days… Read More

Hi everyone,First, I’d like to thank everyone who has left comments, kept visiting, and read my posts during the past year I’ve been pretty inactive. 2022 was…a lot. I… Read More

We are deep in winter,  a time here for the fleece wear and flannel and staying cosy by the fire. Not a problem for us retirees. I just got out my winter coffee table runner that I sewe… Read More

Christmas is kind of taking a back seat here to the weather forecast. About which we can't say we haven't been warned!  It's everywhere; warnings even turned up on my phone which I didn… Read More

The Snow has arrived! Here is my Tuesday deep thought...Now in my seventies (you have no idea how weird it is to write that), I realize my face is changing. My nose appears larger proba… Read More

I declare every Sunday Pyjama Day here at the Wooden House. It is also my very slow stitching day (cross stitching) and also photo day, time to go through more of my bank of photographs and… Read More

The deer have been around and gnawed down a couple of hosta plants; here they eat the same one and leave all the rest. I've finished the impromptu/squirrel project,  the Kaffe Tabl… Read More

We had another tornado warning last week! The radar showed we were directly in its' path which was scary for a few hours. Unlike before, warnings were issued in a timely fashion so folk… Read More

Of note this week...A little bit of Irish- I spent a lot of time with William's wonderful words in younger days and also off and on throughout my life. A key 20th century poet and Nobel Priz… Read More

Quick and easy fabric note cards from fabric scraps for all occasions. Lazies, Never get caught without the perfect card again! Follow my 3 easy steps below to turn your precious fabric scra… Read More

Slow stitching is something I enjoy doing either early morning or in the evenings in front of the tv. It is an enjoyable way to start or finish my day. I've been stitching little and not so… Read More

 It was a week of horrid muggy weather setting a dew point record.  I had a vague idea of what that meant but looked it up anyway. Muggy is what a high dew point means; in our case… Read More

 I have to mention how lovely the weather has been finally and how great it is to be outside digging in the dirt. The least bit of raking up the old leaves and debris makes a big differ… Read More

 Very early morning kitchen window view...Yesterday I started out thinking I would like to make a broccoli soup. With the snow drifting down, it seemed like something hot and especially… Read More

– [Instructor] In “AFK Arena”, we have five different class specializations. There’s the warrior, the tank, the ranger, the mage and the support. In this video, we… Read More

February 15th was the sixth annual International Fanworks Day, and in (belated) honour of the occasion here is an A-Z of some of my all time favourite fanworks. I'm using the Archive of our… Read More

There used to be rules about dressing for the older ages. I remember the talk about old lady clothes and not wearing bright colours, etc.  Nobody wanted to be called mutton dressed up a… Read More

Lazies, That old saying of ‘the right tool for the right job’ applies to your sewing room, too. The right sewing room tools will create a properly equipped creative space that wi… Read More